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See also:TABARI [See also:Abu Ja'far Mahommed See also:ibn Jarir ut-Tabari] (838-923) , Arabian historian and theologian, was See also:born at See also:Amol in Tabaristan (See also:south of the See also:Caspian), and studied at Rei (Rai), See also:Bagdad, and in See also:Syria and See also:Egypt . See also:Cast upon his own resources after his See also:father's See also:death, he was reduced to See also:great poverty until he was appointed See also:tutor to the son of the See also:vizier `Ubaidallah See also:ibn Yal}ya . He afterwards journeyed to Egypt, but soon returned to Bagdad, where he remained as a teacher of tradition and See also:law until his death . His See also:life was See also:simple and dignified, and characterized by extreme See also:diligence . He is said to have often refused valuable gifts . A Shafi'ite in law, he claimed the right to criticize all See also:schools, and ended by establishing a school of his own, in which, however, be incurred the violent wrath of the Hanbalites . His See also:works are not numerous, but two of them are very extensive . The one is the T¢rlkh ur-Rusul wal-Muluk (See also:History of the Prophets and See also:Kings), generally known as the See also:Annals (cf . See also:ARABIA, Literature . " History ") . This is a history from the Creation to A.D . 915, and is renowned for its detail and accuracy . It has been published under the editorship of M . J. de See also:Goeje in three See also:series, comprising thirteen volumes, with two extra volumes containing indices, introduction and glossary (See also:Leiden, 1879-1901) . A See also:Persian See also:digest of this See also:work, made in 963 by the Samanid vizier al-Bal'ami, has been translated into See also:French by H . Zotenberg (vols. i.-iv., See also:Paris, 1867-1874) . A See also:Turkish See also:translation of this was published at See also:Constantinople (1844) . His second great work was the commentary on the See also:Koran, which was marked by the same fullness of detail as the Annals . The See also:size of the work and the See also:independence of See also:judgment in it seem to have prevented it from having a large circulation, but scholars such as Baghawi and See also:Suyuti used it largely . It has been published in See also:thirty vols . (with extra See also:index See also:volume) at See also:Cairo, 1902-1903 . An See also:account of it, with brief extracts, has been given by O . Loth in the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, vol. See also:xxxv . (1881), pp . 588-628 . Persian and Turkish See also:translations of the commentary exist in See also:manuscript . A third great work was projected by See also:Tabari . This was to be on the traditions of the Companions, &c., of See also:Mahomet . It was not, however, completed . Other smaller works are mentioned in the Fihrist, pp . 234-235 . (G . W . |
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